• In 2023, vaccination saved at least 1.8 million lives in the African region. WHO.
• Since 2000, malaria cases in Southeast Asia have dropped by nearly 80%. Think Global Health.
• In Nepal, electricity access has now reached 97.5% of municipalities. In 2016 only 58% of households had electricity access. Makalu Khabar.
• Drones are helping rural women in India boost their income and India’s agricultural productivity. One drone is able to cover five acres in the time it takes five people to cover half an acre. Gates Notes.
• Maternal deaths decreased by 56% in the Ashanti region of Ghana in less than four years due to medical drone deliveries. BMC Health Services Research.
• New Mexico has approved three bipartisan bills that will extend clean water protections, create a state-run pollution prevention program to conserve river systems, and invest $50 million in wildlife crossings. Pew.
• Solar electricity production in Europe during the first quarter of 2025 was up by over 30% from the same months in 2024. Reuters.
• Latin America has went from just one gigawatt of solar power in 2017 to 31.8 GW by 2023. Dialogue Earth.
• Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fall to record low. Reuters.
• 50 states, 50 fixes. The New York Times.
• A veterinarian in Rwanda has tripled the population of the endangered gray crowned crane in less than ten years. Mongabay.
• After a century, Cook Islands’ atoll officially rat free. Fruits and vegetables are now flourishing without rat damage and wildlife is rebounding. New Zealand Department of Conservation.
• Self-driving cars reduced property damage claims by 88% and bodily injury claims by 92% compared to human drivers. Clean Technica.
• Eighteen years ago, Tim Friede began willingly injecting himself with escalating doses of venom from 16 snake species. Now, antibodies in his blood have led to the development of a three-part antivenom cocktail capable of protecting mice from the toxins of a variety of dangerous snakes. Fierce Biotech.

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